柯林斯英汉双解大词典
fathom /ˈfæðəm/ TEM4 ( fathoming, fathomed, fathoms )
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N-COUNT A fathom is a measurement of 6 feet or 1.8 metres, used when referring to the depth of water. 英寻
例：We sailed into the bay and dropped anchor in five fathoms of water.
我们航行进入海湾，在水深5英寻处抛锚。
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V-T If you cannot fathom something, you are unable to understand it, although you think carefully about it. 理解 [no cont, oft with brd-neg]
例：I really couldn't fathom what Steiner was talking about.
我真的不明白斯坦纳在说什么。
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PHRASAL VERB Fathom out means the same as . 理解
例：We're trying to fathom out what's going on.
我们正在努力弄清楚发生了什么事。
双语例句原声例句权威例句
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He fathomed what it was straight away, and immediately knew that the sleeper was in his power.
他立刻明白了那是什么东西，立刻知道那个熟睡的人在他的掌握之中。
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Have you fathomed out how to work the video yet?
你弄清楚如何操作录像机了吗？
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Women generally live five or six years longer than men, for reasons yet to be fathomed.
一般女性总是比男性多活五到六年，原因还不得而知。
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But as we've already seen in Genesis, God chooses whom he chooses, and his reasons aren't always fathomed.
但就像我们在《创世纪》中看到的，上帝选择他的选民，他的理由常常不清楚。
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